Heel-attaching machine.



10.384,524. l PATENTEE AEE. 14, 1908. J. E. POPE. EEEL ETTAGEING MACHINE.

APPLIOATIGN FILED MAY 24, 1898.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

JOSEPH-H. POPE, OF BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AssIGNon, BY

' UNITED sHoE MACHINERY COMPANY, A CORPORATION oFfjiv HEEL-ATTACHING MACHINE.

i tion with machines for attaching heels Which varying theaction ofthe spring.

have not been previously loaded with nails.

' In the 'operation of attaching a heel to a shoe the pressure exerted upon the heel in the direction of its thickness by the heel attach- .ingmachine tends to expand tlieflieelin a direction transverse to the linev of pressure. It is desirable that' rearward displacement of the heel by its expansion be avoided since such displacement 4causes the heel to be thrown out of proper relation to the sole of the shoe to which it is to be attached. To this end in the resent embodiment ot' the invention there is provision for preventing expansion of ythe heel in a rearwarc direction,

such expansion as may occur being caused to take place in the direction of the breast ofthe heel. A This provision may conveniently comprise a iixed abutment or gage which is arranged to engage the rear end oi the heel and a yielding gage arrangedto engage the breast.

of the heel.

= The presentinvention also includes means" whereby gages for positioning the hee l"inH pro er relation tov the heel seat may be rela-v tive y adjusted to accommodate difieren-t sizes o'f'lieels. construction comprises a plurality of gages arranged for relative movement to permit the insertion of a heel between them., a spring arranged to hold the .gages -yieldingly from separating movement, and means for adjusting the distance between said gages without According tothis construction the tension of the spring .is not affected by any adjustment which may be given the gages, said gages exerting a uniform pressure upon the heel regardless of their adjustment. ln the construction here- Speccation of Letters Patent. `*Application filed 'May 24, 1898. Serial No. 681,61l0.

breast gage are mountfedgfth vinvention to be underst A convenient and preterredV placed Aa post a3, saidpoStbing, 1

sleeveoi said box,

inshown relative adjustment'vef hegigages is secured by the manipulatie trolling device. l

The mechanism hOlIei ing arranged for yielding rn from the back gagelii Y l ranged for movement-with` is adapted to sustain upc, c pro 'ecting head ends oi'ff'tlie *nails* neel to be attached tQAa boo gages tor the rear and; thegblas are arranged in a plane; vertice Jfrom the normal positionfftlie a the driver plate andpretera made forv adjusting the,v relatiea gages and the face-otsaidiplat I, thegagesmay engage th hee at. desired.

Other ieaturesof claims..` Figure 1, in elevation, LA y cient portion of a lieelg embodying my improvenie `enlarge-d top or plan v IV and ythe parts for moving pct-ign on the scale represented-in'-lg gi. y e of Fig. 2; and Figi re re she e e- 85 vation a part of thefra gar`rieans bed for vertically reciprocating i spindle. 3

The framework A, .v E4 adapted to be recipr caf suitable guide. E3, areand a tially such as represented*iI-iflllV 446,383, dated Feb., 1`.0,i, l j end of this reciprocating .,'d' ,i has an attached plateV u, mounted by suitable screws@7 a2. vThis cross-headfhas, ahle Ii iiXed position by asiiitables ser-ted through the cross-head J The post has fix'edor ,integr With'its upper end, ahead a5 providedprefe ably'ifi'th a steel face-plate a?, said `plate constituting a driver-plate. Prior ,to` ,inserting`,tliepp t into the cross head., said i 'st ss through a hole in the'h a suitable spring c 'ur icc a,4 is turned in to hold the post in fired posiscrews bgan abutment or bar b2, represented herein as notched to position the curved or 4rounded back part of the heel to be attached` Thebdx has two ears b3 and bfthrough which is extended loosely a screw-rod' b5, to which is united by a pin d the breast-gage d', said breast-gage being normally pressed toward the bar b2' by means of a spring de surrounding said screw-rod and acting at one end against ythe ear b4, the opposite end of said 'S rin acting against anut e screwed onto t e t readed part of said screw --rod, Yand actingby its op osite end against the ear b3.

By rotating' t e nut e, the screw-rod may be moved in one or the other direction in the ears in order to adjust the inner edge of the breast-gage to contact pro erly with the breast of the heel to' be attac ied tothe shoe. In the rotation of this nut to shift the screwrod longitudinally and thereby adjust-the breast-gage, one end of the nut is always kept against the ear b3 and the screw-rod is moved in one or the'other direction'through the springI cl2 and through the ears t3, b4, but the other end of the nut in `any or all adjustments 'of the rodacts just the same at all 'times upon the spring. 1 By this 'arrangement said spring in the different adjustments of the screw-rod in. positioning the breast-gage acts uniformly in yielding to eX- pansion of the heel due to pressure exerted thereon in attaching-the heel to the sole of the shoe held by any usual jack, the breast of the heelduring the attaching operation moving forward more or less and taking with it the spring-heldlhreast-gage. v

The screw-rod has, as herein shown, a milled end'd that may be engaged. at any l time by the operator when it is desired to draw the screw-rod in the direction of the arrow Figi 2 to move the breast-gage in order that the heelI to be attached to the sole may be inserted/in the heel-box with its rounded end against the bar or gage b2, releasing the screw-rodpermitting said spring immediatelyto move tie breast-gage `against the breast 4 .bar or gage h2 ,may he adjusted if desired to position it for heels of different sizes. l

The construction herein shown embodying'my invention is particularly intended for use in attaching a loaded heel, that is a heel having driven into it the series of nails to be 'used to attach the heel to the heel-seat end of the sole, the points of the nails not extending 55 i through the heel, but the head ends of said nails drive the nails Ithrough the sole and into the inner-sole etc., used in the particular shoe being made..

The heel-box has an ad'usting-screw f, see Fig. l ,theupperend of which acts against the Vhead ai of the )ost o3, and by turning said screw the hee -box and its attached breast-gage ymay be adjusted vertically with relation to the head ci' to put' the breast-gage and back-bar at the desired distance above the driver-plate c on which rests the heads of the attaching nails.

The ad 'usting-screw y" will, in practice, be turned to occupy different positions according tothe length of the undriven part of the nails projecting from the tread-end of the heel, for, in practice7 it is contemplated that the back-bar or gage b2 and the breast-gage d will contact with the to or outer-lift at the tread-end ci the heel. nder these conditions heels having been positioned in the heel-box with the heads of the nailsresting upon the driver-plate a, the die-bed spindle E4 being in its lowered position, the said diebed spindlewill be raised in usual manner and insuch movement the seat-endfof the heel will soon contact with the heel-seat of the sole and the heel will be forced firmly against the sole, and during the further rising movement of the die-bed spindle the driverplate d" acting on the heads of the partially driven nails 'will force` them further through the heel and into the sole, the upward movement of the heel-box during this driving opplate a will come substantially up to or f eration beingarrested, and finally the driverflush with the underside of the bar or gage b2 and breast-gage, at which time the nailing operation'will have lbeen completed and the die-hedspindlevwill be then lowered and said bar or gage and the breast-gage will he drawn ofi readily from the end of the heel.

l'laving described my invention, what l claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, isz

l.. ln 'a heel-attaching machine, a heelbox, a device to position a rear part ofthe heel, an adjustable breast-gage, and mechanism including a spring whereby a uniform yielding pressure is exerted on said breastgage in its different adjustmentsJ combined with a driver-plate loca-ted :n said .heel-bon,

and means to'actuate said driver-plate'and heel-box, to torce the heel against the solo of the shoe to which the heel. is to be attached, i

further movement of the driver-plate while the heel-hon at rest causing the nails toy be driven through the heein'nto the sole of the shoe` l.

A heel-box having unyielding'V means to position the rear part of a heel, a breast-gage, and means to adjust said breast-gage to adapt the heel-box to the size of the heel used,

3. A 'heelbox having anda spring to hold said breast-gage yieldingly in sition, combined !fWith a driverplatean means to actuate it' to drive nails throughfs'aid heel into the sole of a shoe, substantially as described".

screw threaded rod 'mounted loosely in said ears and 'provided .with a breast-gage, a nut applied to a threaded part of saidrod, and 'a spring'surrounding 'said rodat one end of said `nut'saidfnut and spring being located between the said ears, said rod being ad- `justable by means of said nut to vary the positionof thebreast-gage for heels ofv difljgfererit sizes, but Without at all affecting the 1- ffgtenslon of the spring, the latter always per- '.i'nitting the breast-ga e to yieldt uniformly .tot pressure .on the hee in Whatever position- "the, breast-gage may be adjusted,` substantially' as described.

f4. je.V heel-box having unyielding means to positionthe rear part of a heel, a breastage, means to adjust it lon itudinally of the veel,

and means to hold sai( adjusted breast-gage yieldin'gJly in position.

5. 'In a heel-attaching machine,. a heelbox, a driverplate vertically 'movable in said heelbox,= having an acting fiat 'face arranged to form the-bottom of the heel-box a-heel, respectively, carried bythe heel-box, and arranged in a plane vertically removed from thenormal position of said acting face, said gages being mounted'. to vbe relatively -ad'usta 1e to adapt the heel-box'toheels of di erent sizes.v

6. In a machine for attaching loaded heels, a driver-plate toreceive the protrud- J ng head ends of the nails of a loaded heel, a -fixed abutment for positioning the rear end*l of the heel, a yielding gage for the breast of the heel, and means whereby said yielding gage may be adj 'y ted to adapt'the same for eels of varying sizes'. l

7. In a `heel-attaching machine, a device to position the rearpart of a heel, an adjustabley breast-gage, and vmechanism including a springA whereby a uniform' yielding pressure is exerted on said gage in dii-ferent adjustments.

8. In a heel-attaching machine, a heel-- boX, a driver-plate, vertically movable in. f said heel-box,

aving an acting flat face arranged to form the'bottom of the heel-bon to form the bottom oftheheel-box cavity, ga es for'the rear and breast of a heel, respective y,l carried by the heel-box, arranged.. 1n .a plane vertically removed from the normal osition ofI said acting face, and mounted-to e relatively adjustable to ada t the heel-box to heels of dilerent sizes, an va spring arranged to ermit a relative yielding movement of sai gages. f 9. A 'heel-box to receive va loaded-heel, a 'plurality of ears, carried by said heel-box, a

guiding ears, a'

.ing

cavity, and gagesfoi the-,rear .and breast of' device to position the-back-part of the heel, a screw-rod guided by said ears and provided with a breast-gage, a spring acting to hold said screw-rod a yieldlng manner, and a nut l engaging the threadedp'art of said screw-rod and interposed between the'oppositeend of said spring and one of said ears, whereby by turning said nut on saidscreW-rod the breast- -gage may be adjusted relatively to the device for positioning the back part of the heel, said spring acting normall to hold the'breastgage a ainst the breast o the heel.

10. na heelattaching machine, a heelboX, a driver-plate vertically movable in said heel-box, having an actingat face arranged to form the bottom of the heel-box cavity,

gages for the rear and breast of a heel,V rewith the `heel breast, and means or adljusting said breast-gageY to heels of different engths Without'varyin the tension ofthe spring.

' 12. Ina heeI-attaching machine, a heelbox, a driverlate, vertically movable in said .heelbox' aving ailat acting face arranged to form the bottom of the heelbox cavity, gages for the rear and breast of a heel, respectiveIy, adjustably carried by the'heelbox, and arranged in a plane vertically removed from -the normall position of said actingfa'c'e, and means permittin the normal position ofthe driver-plate wit relation to the gages to be varied.

13. A heel-holder having means`- to posi-l tion one end of a heel, a gage to act on the other end of the heel, carrying means for sfaid gage,means to move said carrying meansllto adjust saidgage toward and from said posi-- tioning means for heels of different sizes, andl a s ring mounted to act with substantially iid uni orm force to move said gave toward the means for position-ing the en of the heel Whatever the osition occupied ,by said gage.-

-14. A'heel- 0X having means to position` the rear part of a heel, a breast-gage, a screwthreade'cA rod with which said gage is connected,'a spring'and a nut mounted on said rod, said nut being adjustablefwith relation to said rod, and ears carried 'by said box for guiding said. rod, one 4of said" ears actln against said' nut, and the other against sait spring, the rotation of thenut on the rod adjusting the position of the breast-gage with relation ,to the heel-box, thev lspring acting substantially uniformly in all positions ofthe j breastage.

15;" n a machine ofthe class described, -a

llaa' plurality of gages for positioning;.ny heel :1rranged lor relatrve movement to pernnl; the

insertonof the heel between them, e spring arranged to hold one of the gages ylelrglmgly` testimony whereol havefsigned my l t'vo` su loserihing Witnesses.

. y JOSEPH Il. POPE.

It is hereby certified that ln Letters' Patent No. 884,524, granted April i4, 1908, upon the application of Joseph H. Pope, of Brockton; Messeehusetts, for en improvement .in Hee-Ataehng Machine, an error appears in the printed specification requiring eorreetion, as follows: In line 54, page 3, the Words no form the bottom of the heel-hoax, should be stricken out; and that the said Letters Petentrsl'lould be read v,with this correction therein than the seme may conform to the record of the case 11i the Patent office. Y

Signed and sealed this 26th day of May, A. D., B308.y

` ,E l E B. MOORE,

Cfnmissonsr of Patents.

' [SEAL] plurality of gages for positioning;.ny heel :1rranged lor relatrve movement to pernnl; the

insertonof the heel between them, e spring arranged to hold one of the gages ylelrglmgly` testimony whereol havefsigned my l t'vo` su loserihing Witnesses.

. y JOSEPH Il. POPE.

It is hereby certified that ln Letters' Patent No. 884,524, granted April i4, 1908, upon the application of Joseph H. Pope, of Brockton; Messeehusetts, for en improvement .in Hee-Ataehng Machine, an error appears in the printed specification requiring eorreetion, as follows: In line 54, page 3, the Words no form the bottom of the heel-hoax, should be stricken out; and that the said Letters Petentrsl'lould be read v,with this correction therein than the seme may conform to the record of the case 11i the Patent office. Y

Signed and sealed this 26th day of May, A. D., B308.y

` ,E l E B. MOORE,

Cfnmissonsr of Patents.

' [SEAL] lt is hereby certified :hat in Letters' Patent No. 884,524, granted April 14, 1908, upon the application of Joseph H. Pope, of Brockton, lllassfichusebts, for an improvelueut in Heel-Attaching Machine, an error appt-bars in the primed specification requiring correction, as follows: In line 54, page 3, the words to form thu bottom of the heel-box, should he Stricken out; und that the Said Letters Patent should he read with this correction therein that; the sumo may Conform to the record of the case iu` the Patent Office` Signed and sealed this 26th day of May, A. D., 1908.

[SEAL] E.

Commissioner :ij Patents.

1;. Mook is, 

